AP UK now #8

[CatEye2010]

Only drop 2. And this poll matters, lol.

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[EliteBlue]

Fair place to land imo. Also makes sense from a seed if standpoint. Borderline 2/3 seed with 4 seed being what “should be” our floor

 

[westerncat]

Just can't see Tenn. and UNC cheats are about us . We beat UNC cheats.

 

[RMorris33]

I feel like 2 spots is alot when Kansas doesn't move any and Tennessee only drops 1 spot. Still, it's pretty shocking we didn't plummet out of the top 10 after a close overtime defeat on the road

 

[WeWant9]

I really don’t get duke jumping over us, but it’s whatever at this point.

 

[CatEye2010]

Dropped 4 spots to #10 in the Coaches Poll.

 

[CatEye2010]

I think recency bias is at play here. The teams that lost last Tuesday and Wednesday all won Saturday except Houston. We won last Tuesday but lost Saturday and that is fresh on the voters' minds. Not right, but shows how simple-minded they can be.

 

[CatFanInIlliniLand]

We will get our chances with TN.

 

[ukjenning44]

Just can't see Tenn. and UNC cheats are about us . We beat UNC cheats.

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

Nonsense. We will kick your UNC team's ass next time too.

 

[KYFOSSIL]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

Didnt we out rebound UNC?

 

[STL_Cat]

Tennessee with 4 losses at #6 and Kansas loses to an unranked team and doesn't drop a spot from 3. LMAO

 

[TriCountyCat]

Fair spot but I’m pissed about a lot right now. UK punished worse than other teams such as Houston and UT ( they looked like warmed up trash against Miss State). The NCAA continues to bend us over with Big Z and our administration apparently isn’t fighting hard enough for an answer. And the bogus goal tend that may have cost us the game. This crap is snowballing at the moment.

 

[STL_Cat]

Tennessee was extremely fortunate to win that Georgia game as well. They were down double digits late. You have to wonder if going 0-2 last week and 5 losses would have taken Tennessee out of the top 10!

 

[BigKari]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

Get a clue brother, our guards would run them ragged again, if not more so. They didn’t improve, they started ACC league play. If we played that slate of games we’d look “improved” too. For the love of everything real, please learn relativity and basketball.

 

[SophiesDad]

If we hadn’t laid an egg against UNCW @ Rupp, we’d probably be around #4 and still in good position for a 1 seed to this point.

 

[The_Ghost_of_Born_and_Bread]

I really don’t get duke jumping over us, but it’s whatever at this point.

Same record, far bettwe efficiency metrics. KenPom says they’d beat us by 4 on a neutral court so it makes some sense to me.

 

[TheDude73]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

And then #9 OU loses to a top 5 Kansas, at Kansas, but drops 7 spots. Meanwhile, in typical AP fashion, Puke wins at home over a bland GTech team and skyrockets 5 spots.

Just need to improve our defense and rebounding by at least 50% and I think our shooting will carry us through. Not every team is going to do what A&M did - they just got hot. Yes, we have defensive woes, but if they were that bad, we'd have more losses. It was just an A&M team that will not shoot like that again the rest of the year that showed up Saturday.

 

[DeerTurkHunter1]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

How ya figure that? That UNC has got better, proof? That Kentucky hasn’t, proof?

 

[WeWant9]

Same record, far bettwe efficiency metrics. KenPom says they’d beat us by 4 on a neutral court so it makes some sense to me.

Meh. They went from being ranked 22 to 7 in about 5 weeks and really only beat one quality team in Baylor. The acc is pretty damn weak this year, but it won’t impact them or unc when it comes to rankings or seeding.

 

[STL_Cat]

And then #9 OU loses to a top 5 Kansas, at Kansas, but drops 7 spots. Meanwhile, in typical AP fashion, Puke wins at home over a bland GTech team and skyrockets 5 spots.

Just need to improve our defense and rebounding by at least 50% and I think our shooting will carry us through. Not every team is going to do what A&M did - they just got hot. Yes, we have defensive woes, but if they were that bad, we'd have more losses. It was just an A&M team that will not shoot like that again the rest of the year that showed up Saturday.

Oklahoma did lose twice last week, though. They also lost to TCU.

 

[CatOfDaVille]

If we hadn’t laid an egg against UNCW @ Rupp, we’d probably be around #4 and still in good position for a 1 seed to this point.

In a vacuum, yes. However, it's just as likely that if we beat UNCW we would have dropped a different game instead. We'll never know.

 

[CatOfDaVille]

All I can say is thank God we beat UNC. That win is going to look really good at the end of the year after they beat up on a weak ACC.

Would have been nice to have a W over KU too though.

 

[STL_Cat]

Houston still top 5 after going 0-2 last week is also a head scratcher

 

[The_Ghost_of_Born_and_Bread]

Houston still top 5 after going 0-2 last week is also a head scratcher

Totally agree. Houston’s best win is on a neutral court against Utah. I don’t see any reason for them to be top 15 other than a gawdy record against middling teams

 

[cats2010]

Same record, far bettwe efficiency metrics. KenPom says they’d beat us by 4 on a neutral court so it makes some sense to me.

But we already played them on a neutral court and beat them by 4. Who needs metrics when we have an actual game we can reference.

 

[The_Ghost_of_Born_and_Bread]

But we already played them on a neutral court and beat them by 4. Who needs metrics when we have an actual game we can reference.

I was referring to Duke, not UNC

 

[ORCAT]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

Someone in another thread remarked about how you never post a single positive thing and now I understand what they're talking about. You must be a real fun person to be around.

 

[cats2010]

The AP just cannot stand to keep Duke down for long. They trickle down with losses and sky rocket with so so wins. Pretty funny Kansas stayed the same but I knew they would. I had the top 4 correct in how I figured they would go. Figured Houston would drop lower than they did however. At this rate I think KY could go to TN and win by 20 and still be behind TN in the polls.

 

[member-chewy]

Totally agree. Houston’s best win is on a neutral court against Utah. I don’t see any reason for them to be top 15 other than a gawdy record against middling teams

All the metrics seem to love Houston, they're basically the new UVA.

 

[Sejonesy]

ESPN crew loving Kentucky right now. So much for the conspiracy that they only love Duke!

 

[chroix]

8 feels right to me. We’ve got lots of room to improve but need to actually improve to deserve better in my book.

 

[bbncal02]

Just can't see Tenn. and UNC cheats are about us . We beat UNC cheats.

They demolished a fellow P5 conference opponent by nearly 40. That will earn you respect in the polls regardless of who you play.

 

[bbncal02]

Game Day crew loving Kentucky right now

ESPN crew loving Kentucky right now. So much for the conspiracy that they only love Duke!

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Give it time. Once it gets close to March they will start their Duke love fest.

 

[Fox2monk]

Only drop 2. And this poll matters, lol.

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I figured we wouldn’t drop very much. Good spot.

 

[sluggercatfan]

I feel like 2 spots is alot when Kansas doesn't move any and Tennessee only drops 1 spot. Still, it's pretty shocking we didn't plummet out of the top 10 after a close overtime defeat on the road

Should know by now we are not one of the chosen ones. Uncheat, Puke and a few others will always get the benefit of the doubt.

 

[thedahc]

I don’t understand TN but UNC has improved since playing us and we have stayed the same.
If that game was played today we would lose.

Hopefully we start improving soon especially defensively and rebounding.

Well it was already played...... We won

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Tennessee with 4 losses at #6 and Kansas loses to an unranked team and doesn't drop a spot from 3. LMAO

KU should’ve lost twice. Once at home.

 

[michaeluk26]

And then #9 OU loses to a top 5 Kansas, at Kansas, but drops 7 spots. Meanwhile, in typical AP fashion, Puke wins at home over a bland GTech team and skyrockets 5 spots.

Just need to improve our defense and rebounding by at least 50% and I think our shooting will carry us through. Not every team is going to do what A&M did - they just got hot. Yes, we have defensive woes, but if they were that bad, we'd have more losses. It was just an A&M team that will not shoot like that again the rest of the year that showed up Saturday.

I still remember Duke rising 6 spots in the poll after a close lose to Syracuse in 2014. It's disgusting how much the benefit of the doubt they receive annually.